Nutrients
All organic compounds have this in common
What is primarily made of Carbon (as well as Hydrogen and Oxygen)
The color of the litmus paper in an acid.
What is red
This is a unit of measurement to describe one piece of solute in 1,000,000,000 parts of solution
What is ppb or parts per billion
This is the term for when there in an increase in concentration of a pollutant in an organism
What is Bioaccumulation
You can find these in Car mufflers to help reduce harmful emission from combustion engines
What are catalytic converters
Name three of the four types of organic molecules.
What is carbohydrates, lipids, proteins (amino acids), nucleic acids (DNA, RNA).
The term when an acid is added to a base to create water and a salt.
What is neutralization.
This is the highest number on the pH scale
What is 14
Oil, grease, antifreeze, and metals washed from roads, parking lots and driveways would be a type of this pollution source
What is non-point source
This is a process of adding Calcium Carbonate to a field in order to help restore optimal pH for plants
What is liming?
Trace elements are defined as:
What are minerals that are required in small(er) amounts, approximately < 100 mg / day
This is another term for a basic solution (Hint: Think periodic table)
What is alkaline
In toxicology this is a measure of the lethal dose of a toxin, radiation, or pathogen.
What is LD50
When too much Nitrogen and Sulfates are introduced into waterways, these may form which can cause significant harm to an aquatic ecosystem
What are algal blooms?
This is a a waste management technique that uses organisms to remove or neutralize pollutants from a contaminated site
What is bioremediation
These nutrients are used in many reactions, typically as catalysts or coenzymes
What are vitamins
This is a way to show the presence of a known substance in progressively weaker concentration to represent the idea of amount of toxins in our environment.
What is serial dilution
When these two gases mix with Carbon Dioxide, it can lead to Acid Precipitation
What are Sulfur Dioxide and Nitrogen Dioxide?
This is a chamber for growing organisms such as bacteria or yeast under controlled conditions.
What is a bioreactor
A plant unable to grow strong stems and grows slowly may be missing this nutrient
What is Potassium?
High quality water has approximately this much dissolved Oxygen
What is 8-10 ppm
At a consumption of only 0.000001 mg/kg, this toxin is one of the deadliest to humans
What is Botulin (will also accept Botulism)
These type of microbes remove chlorine from harmful chlorine-containing compounds, such as PCB’s and replace them with hydrogen atoms, which can be used as food
What are anaerobic bacteria.